Demand for purchase mortgages picks up

Demand for purchase mortgages ticked up last week as the spring homebuying season began to kick into gear, the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported.

Applications for purchase loans increased a seasonally adjusted 3 percent for the week ending April 4 compared to a week earlier but were still down 14 percent on an annual basis, according to the latest Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey.